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Like Oscar Wilde, Jeffrey Epstein Was Just the Face of Establishment Vice

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

From Wilde’s rent boys to Epstein’s underage girls, the establishment’s playbook hasn’t changed. Both men were predators, yes — but also scapegoats in a system designed to protect power, not the powerless. iPINIONS connects the dots across centuries of scandal, privilege, and the forgotten victims left behind. Read it on my Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/like-oscar-wilde-jeffrey-epstein Read more.

Robert Reich’s The Last Class Shows Why He’s the Best Teacher I Never Had

Monday, July 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Robert Reich has spent a lifetime making complex policy understandable — and now, unforgettable. His viral documentary The Last Class captures a master educator confronting aging, legacy, and the next generation’s fight for economic justice. iPINIONS contends that, from the Cabinet to TikTok, Reich’s journey is a blueprint for how wisdom can still shape the… Read more.

America First… PBS Last: Trump Slashes Public TV While Taxpayers Fund His Golf Trips

Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump is slashing PBS and food stamps to fund tax cuts for the rich—and taxpayer-financed golf trips for himself. But iPINIONS is all too aware that this version of “America First” is what MAGA really stands for… Read more on my Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/america-first-pbs-last-trump-cuts Read more.

The Last Diplomat Standing: Can Sports Still Unite a Divided World?

Friday, July 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

International sports may be thriving, but can they still deliver the unity global diplomacy keeps failing to achieve? From Trump’s World Cup meddling to Putin’s Olympic exile, iPINIONS explores how sports remain the world’s last honest broker — even as everything else burns. Read it now on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-last-diplomat-standing-can-sports Read more.

Ghislaine Maxwell: The ‘Rosetta Stone’ of the Epstein Files

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

As Epstein’s silent accomplice faces a congressional subpoena, the real question isn’t who Maxwell might expose… but how she’s using Congress to play her own twisted game. iPINIONS suspects powerful men like Bill Clinton are sweating bullets — while Trump schemes to cut his own deal. Read my take on Substack here:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/ghislaine-maxwell-the-rosetta-stone Read more.

Edwin Feulner, Godfather of Project 2025, Is Dead. Good Riddance!

Monday, July 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Even in death, Edwin Feulner’s legacy may cast a darker shadow over American democracy than any politician since FDR. He built the ideological playbook behind Trump’s Project 2025 — a blueprint for authoritarian rule dressed in Christian nationalism and white grievance politics. And iPINIONS fears his passing won’t stop the crusade he helped unleash. Read… Read more.

CBS to Colbert: You’re Fired… Next Year!

Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

But what boss in their right mind announces they’re firing a stellar employee… “next year”? That’s like giving a disgruntled employee six months to torch the place before you boot them. But this is just the latest example of corporate CEOs bending the knee to Trump with even more supineness than spineless GOP politicians. More… Read more.

British Turned SIPT Corruption Trials in Turks and Caicos into a Costly Farce

Friday, July 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The British promised to hold Michael Misick and his cronies to account. Instead, they gave us a decade of delays, suspended sentences… and stuck us with the bill. iPINIONS exposes how the SIPT prosecutions became the ultimate neo-colonial farce. Read it on my Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/the-british-turned-sipt-corruption Read more.

Trump Is Turning ICE Into His Gestapo

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

America has a long history of weaponizing immigration enforcement — from the Palmer Raids to Japanese internment. But never like this. With Project 2025 as his blueprint, Trump is turning ICE into a paramilitary tool for political repression. This isn’t about border security anymore. iPINIONS asserts that it’s about silencing dissent, criminalizing protest, and making… Read more.

Wimbledon 2025: Sinner Rises as Swiatek Takes Rotating Women’s Crown

Monday, July 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

At Wimbledon 2025, Jannik Sinner imposed his clinical precision on Carlos Alcaraz to claim the men’s title — a statement win that could define their rivalry for years to come. Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek dismantled Amanda Anisimova to take her place atop the women’s game… for now. Because on Centre Court, iPINIONS sees the men vying… Read more.